Mending the "Sacred Hoop"
As Natives, we believe that each race was entrusted with special roles and responsibilities during the creation to complete the great "Sacred Hoop" of life.
Unfortunately, over time, each race forgot that their knowledge was incomplete - only a fraction of the whole truth, and the races began to quarrel with one another, each believing that their knowledge was the whole truth.
In order to mend the "Sacred Hoop", we must remember what is important - family, children, and community. It is our goal to bring families of different races together, to bring down the walls of misunderstanding to share a little of our heritage, through music and dance, and to understand that we are all not that different.
"And I saw that the sacred hoop of my people was one of many hoops that made one circle, wide as daylight and as starlight, and in the center grew one mighty flowering tree to shelter all the children of one father. And I saw that it was holy."
- As written by Black Elk and Told in Black Elk Speaks by John G. Neihardt
Gratitude and Thanks to the following who provided their support for the 2011 “Mending of the Sacred Hoop”
BANKERS TRUST
DREESDEN’S BUFFALO RANCH
WELLMARK
FAMOUS DAVE’S
DES MOINES COLD STORAGE
IHOP RESTAURANT
JORDAN CREEK MARRIOTT HOTEL
MOTEL 6
LOFFREDO FRESH PRODUCE
ANDERSON ERICKSON DAIRY
BOONE WALMART
DENNIS MICHENER
WHITE EAGLE POW-WOW WEB MASTER
BLACK’S HERITAGE FARM
CRYSTAL CLEAR WATER, INC.
ROOSTER’S GRILL
OLD HOME BAKERY
JOHNSTON KIWANIS
FAREWARE STORES
HYVEE ON GRAND
HYVEE ON 86TH
GODFATHERS PIZZA
DOMINO’S PIZZA
WAUKEE CASEY’S GENERAL STORE
WEST DES MOINES HUMAN SERVICES
COOKIES BY DESIGN
JASON’S DELI
WINSOR HEIGHTS WALMART
CHURCHES UNITED
J’S WATER
CATHOLICS DIOCESE OF DES MOINES